Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (a) ‘“EC” declaration of conformity’ means the declaration established for an interoperability constituent by the manufacturer or its authorised representative in which the manufacturer or its authorised representative declares on its sole responsibility that the interoperability constituent concerned, which has been subject to the relevant verification procedures, complies with the relevant Union law; (b) ‘“EC” declaration of suitability for use’ means the supplementary declaration to the ‘EC’ declaration of conformity of the interoperability constituent established for an interoperability constituent by the manufacturer or its authorised representative in which the manufacturer or its authorised representative declares on its sole responsibility that the interoperability constituent concerned, which has been subject to the relevant verification procedures, satisfies the requirements for suitability for use specified in the relevant TSI; (c) ‘“EC” declaration of verification’ means the declaration established for a subsystem by the applicant in which the applicant declares on its sole responsibility that the subsystem concerned, which has been subject to the relevant verification procedures, satisfies the requirements of the relevant Union law and any relevant national rules; (d) ‘Subsystem placed in service without an “EC” declaration of verification’ means a subsystem, fixed or mobile, that has been placed in service before ‘EC’ verification procedure was applicable to it in accordance with Council Directive 96/48/EC ( 4 ) , Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) or Directive 2008/57/EC, and thus without an ‘EC’ declaration of verification. (e) ‘Intermediate Statement of Verification’ means the document established either by the notified body selected by the applicant, in the case of TSI requirements, or by a designated body, in the case of requirements stemming from national rules, which registers the results of a stage of the verification procedure; (f) ‘“EC” certificate of conformity’ means the certificate delivered for an interoperability constituent by the notified body of the conformity of an interoperability constituent, considered in isolation, with the Union technical specifications to be met; (g) ‘“EC” certificate of suitability for use’ means the certificate delivered for an interoperability constituent by the notified body of the suitability for use of an interoperability constituent considered within its railway environment; (h) ‘certificate of verification’ means the certificate delivered for a subsystem either by the notified body or by the designated body regarding the verification of conformity respectively with relevant TSIs or with relevant national rules from the design stage to the acceptance stage before the subsystem is placed on the market or in service and which covers verification of the interfaces of the subsystem in question with the system into which it is incorporated; (i) ‘“EC” certificate of verification’ means the certificate delivered for a subsystem by the notified body regarding solely the verification of conformity with relevant TSIs; (j) ‘declaration of conformity to an authorised vehicle type’ means the declaration established for a vehicle by the applicant in which the applicant declares on its sole responsibility that the vehicle concerned, which has been subject to the relevant verification procedures, conforms to an authorised vehicle type and satisfies the requirements of the relevant Union law and relevant national rules. (k) ‘ERADIS ID’ means the alphanumeric code used to identify an ‘EC’ declaration of conformity or suitability for use of interoperability constituent or an ‘EC’ declaration of verification of subsystem and which is established in accordance with Annex VII.